In Stock
SID Soundchip Interface for the #SAMCoupe. Use the famous #C64 soundchip on your SAM. In stock, ready to ship, configured for 6581 SID type (or use ARMSID or SwinSID). Buy-it-now button with UK shipping: https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm
For everything else I produce for the SAM Coupe see the main website page at: https://www.samcoupe.com
Today I received a fully functional #NEC PC 6001 (1981) #8Bit #HomeComputer from Japan, including several manuals and a German greeting card.
5 Random VIC20 Games - Android Attack, Dimond Hunt, Mission Mercury, Omnitron & Rat Man
#VIC20Rulez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjdL-cauwBE
#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #8bit #Commodore #VIC20
Alter Ego for the #SEGA #MasterSystem is finally available in physical #cartridge form! 
Grab it from Tuxedo Games' web store: https://tuxedogamedevs.fwscart.com/product/alter-ego
Have you heard of the Sony Hit-Bit HB-F5?
Released in 1985, this sleek 8-bit machine from Sony ran on the MSX standard and packed 64KB of RAM. Plug it into a TV, load up a cartridge or cassette, and dive into a world of early home computing. A true retro gem from the era when computers looked like they came from the future. 
#MSX #HitBit #RetroComputing #8bit #VintageTech
VIC-20 image quality comparison with and without the TheRetroChannel video mod. The improvement is quite dramatic in most cases.
Although the comparison here shows SVideo, the improvement over composite is almost as substantial.
Note: this post was NOT sponsored by @futurewas8bit 
Last night I installed the TheRetroChannel 
VIC-20 SVideo/Composite board in my "VC-20".
It went relatively easily, although I should probably clean up and add some fresh solder to the pins around the video socket sometime. But it works for now. Comparison screenshots coming up next! 
Frozen arctic station – 80s stylization for menu and monster out of liquids
https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/06/frozen-arctic-station-80s-stylization.html
Polish engineer Piotr Ostapowicz has created what may be the world's smallest 8-bit Atari computer recreation, the "Atarino". The entire system—processor, graphics chips, sound hardware, and memory controllers—fits on a module measuring just 2×1.5 centimeters (about 0.79×0.59 inches), roughly the size of a postage stamp: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/polish-engineer-creates-postage-stamp-sized-1980s-atari-computer
[BROWSER VERSION] #retro #8bit #Yankees #c64 #commodore64 cracktro. -> https://www.docsnyderspage.com/groups/y/yankees
PLA 906114 is a great IC
The one the flaw that this IC had, is the fact that in the tropics it easily went close to 70 Celsius which meant total Destruction of the IC if you didn't put the heat sink on it. Quite logical that in my country all C64s died because that IC failed.
It was wonderful to work on the Commodore 64
Because of the 8-Bit technology machine language it was easy understanding what the ICs did
It was quite easy; the whole machine was a relatively easy thing to learn in comparison to a modern x86 system
Retrogaming Day 4:
I'll try to finish Mega Man 3. As a kid I tried to beat that game so so many times and now, thanks to certain conveniences, I've made it further than ever.
Let's see if I can do this.
Vaya juegazo y vaya BSO. Siempre preferí la versión de NES aunque estuviera ligeramente censurada, porque estéticamente me resulta preciosa.
Just in: more TheRetroChannel video signal improvement goodies. The next 'victim' is the VIC-20.
Day 3 of retrogaming.
Going to focus on Mega Man 3 and The Legend of Zelda today. Want to beat them this week and then get started on Crystalis on NES. Just read up on it in the guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games and it sounds amazing!
Kode9, 9 Samurai (Quarta330 Rmx)
from Five Years Of Hyperdub by Hyperdub
https://hyperdub.bandcamp.com/track/kode9-9-samurai-quarta330-rmx
And beat stage 12.
Difficulty is definitely ramping up but the rewind feature keeps me in the game haha.
This game needs more music track though...
Hefka
